I've personally never bothered, although I have thought about it. I have never seen or heard of a study on that, maybe the forces generated by the speeds we ride don't create enough of a problem. Still, I do always put the magnet directly oppsite the heaviest part of the rim...

tbh i'm in two minds about it, in my r&d days i'd take as long as it needed to tweak things and even choose electronic components on aesthetic grounds, when i moved to the development engineering group, the approach was: it's good enough, ship it - i did some ugly stuff in those days, and now i'm just a whore to commerce

adding balancing weights also offends my inner ww, but if i could get some negative masses, hmm...

Post Roubaix, a question: Was Vacansoleil-DCM partly on rebadged Veloflex Arenberg? A bit on the skinny side or?

Also, I mounted 3 Vittora Pavè CG (24mm) over the weekend for a club mate. Very easy to work with, and seemed to fill out the Zipp 303 "pavé", i.e. last gen. before Firecrest pretty well. Much better than the Veloflex Extremes he insisted on (also for gravel roads, pssst! flap flap flap) last year.

Does opened, but unused, Mastic One have a shelf life? If so, what is it? I'm trying to decide if it's worth buying the big can of it. I tried searching the site with google but didn't find the answer.

Generally speaking it's not worth it to buy a can of glue unless you plan on gluing up dozens of tubs.Once the can is open the solvents start to flash off. Since you'll likely spill some glue on the can's edges it will then no longer be hermetically sealed allowing more of the solvents to evaporate. The glue will eventually become thicker and thicker making it harder to spread on the rim bed.

Have either of you (or anyone else) tried transferring it to a squeeze bottle, as I've seen some mechanics do? I imagine that would eliminate the problem, as the small surface area of the tip could easily be cleaned off with solvant before recapping. This would have the added benefit of making application easier.

I know you 've said it 100 times.. but one more quick recap for the newbie please..

New rims->clean with acetone/gently sand->apply thin layer on the whole rim on the center and sideways and leave it to dry for a few hours->apply a second thin layer on the rim and leave dry again->apply a layer on the basetape and mount it on the wheel while centering it fast->pump tires to 130 psi and leave to cure for at least 24h

Correct?

Now about the spare tyre, how long do you leave the glue dry before you fold it? And do you fold it glue to glue?

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